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Canadian asset bail out falters

By Bernard Simon in Toronto

Published: December 16 2007 22:01 | Last updated: December 16 2007 22:01

A panel seeking to restructure Canada’s frozen asset-backed commercial paper market is struggling to persuade more than a dozen Canadian and foreign banks to provide billions of dollars in back-up funding for the securities.

The committee, headed by Purdy Crawford, a prominent corporate director, failed to meet Friday’s deadline for an agreement on restructuring terms, or to provide details of the assets held in 21 frozen trusts, or conduits. One trust has been restructured.

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